Runner's Paradise
The Best Running Adventures in the World
Runner’s Paradise is a combination of picture book and travel guide about the world's most fascinating trailrunning routes off the beaten track.
The concept is unique: There is a variety of ways for YOU to get involved in this global adventure, e.g. go on running expeditions with the author, meet like-minded people from all over the world and become a real part of the book and this unique story. Book sales supports the German Kinderglück foundation.
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Background
Trailrunning, meaning to run almost exclusively on small trails and paths, is becoming extreme popular among fitness enthusiasts and experienced long distance runners. New trailrunning events emerge every other week around the globe, usually following competition standards: with starting number and stopwatch. Travel agents catering to running events most often limit their customers to the participation of a city marathon, followed by a few days of sight seeing. Runner's Paradise is different: relaxed trailrunning adventure travels without stopwatch and competition formats. Instead, we want to enjoy foreign cultures and unique adventures through recreational trailrunning.
Content
"The travel-bible for runners"
Runner's Paradise presents a selection of 12-15 global trailrunning adventures. The places are handpicked. The photographs and trip reports are fascinating. They make you want more and will motivate you to the hair-ends. We will be providing practical information for individual trip planning: advice about transport and accommodation, important contact details, maps, elevation profiles, etc. Another chapter is devoted to issues like intelligent preparation and equipment. Additional materials, such as GPS data and short clips from various tours are available on our internet platform.
Runner's Paradise will be published as a German and an English edition; in the future also in French. It will be proposed at the world's largest tourism fair ITB for an award as the most innovative book.
A percentage of the earnings of the book sales will go to the foundation “Kinderglück”, which gives disadvantaged children and young people the chance to witness a unique sports experience.
3 large publishing houses are already interested in Runner's Paradise.
Aspirations
Runner's Paradise will offer you the very best and most fascinating trailrunnings on the globe. What is considered beautiful and fascinating or not, is subject to personal opinion, of course. But I have already composed a detailed list of top-class and very diverse destinations on all continents that are superb and unique: mountains, deserts, coastlines, rainforests, islands. My feet can't wait starting to rock these trails. The final list of trips presented in the book is part and result of the process. The trips offered as "research expeditions" are already chosen, of course. And yes, I can easily put 25 destinations in the book. Let's see where we get...
Target group
Whether you are a beginner or an experienced ultra runner, this is truly something for everyone who wants to dream of future runs and YOU can let these dreams come true. The book will attract speedhikers and ambitious nordic walkers as well, because it is all about discoveries and experiencing nature and culture. And some of you may want to purchase the book to give it away to good friends or family members.
Time Management
The production of Runner's Paradise(1st edition) is set to take app. 2 years. All tours are being planned and researched first, before the realization of each trip. The collected data is then organized to create a first script.
Subsequently follow layout, editoral work and translating. And then the eBook and the hard-cover edition will be produced and printed.
A major part of the project is the communication and inclusion of participants and partner during the production.
